The Spitfire and Firkin

Food is good, great beer selection, great and very friendly staff. Very nice atmosphere if you want to hang out and talk, not yell over loud music.

Love the fish tacos and grilled vegetable salad with goat cheese! The Cesar’s are also fantastic here!

So one of our friends is a manager of this location, but I had never been there before (my wife had been there multiple times). Anyway, a few days ago my wife and I along with another couple were there for a late night dinner and drinks.
They have a good selection of beer on tap, my wife and I ordered appetizers and the other couple each ordered a different entrée. All four of us agreed that the food was fine, and we enjoyed the atmosphere. I’d definitely come back the next time I’m in town.

Went as add — on team members for trivia night on Wednesday evening last week. BTW, They are changing trivia playing format next week. I ate the homemade meatloaf with gravy and sides of potatoes and vegetables. I would recommend this dish to any meatloaf fans– our server said that it’s a homemade styleeatloaf. For vegetarian friends, my wife had a good quality salad. The other women (frequent visitors) in our party said «you can’t go wrong with any of the salads.» Good beers on tap but I didn’t see any really odd craft brews. A great place to meet friends and catch up. Wednesday night trivia was a fun way to hang-​out.

I’ll preface my review ONY for my first experience. One should go back a few times to truly get a picture of a place. I can only review my one experience at this point.
I was with a friend from out of town and seeking to try ‘something different’ in Tecumseh — different being other than Fong’s or Kabobgy or Pat & Hank’s, for dinner and a drink.
We went in to a brightly lit place at 5:30 this Dec. Personally a warmer dimmer light would have been more ‘pub’ like. We were shown to a table and while we were still standing and just getting our coats off, we were asked if we wanted some drinks. I don’t know whether to say that’s good service or overzealous or just inexperienced.
That daïs I should have blurted something out because we didn’t see our server again for about 5 – 7 minutes after sitting down. Before we could get drinks we receive a menu and then had to wait another 5 – 7 minutes before our server came back.
I was told their selection of draft was on the table (one of those triangle things) and I ordered their house brew. In fact there were several beers on tap, he just didn’t know what they were. If you have any taste for beer at all, I would not recommend their house brew, it’s bland, generic, not worth it.
I ordered fish and chips (sweet potatoe) and my friend ordered some vegetarian dish.
Our food took a while to receive. The fish was nice and crispy, fairly warm.
The fries were not sweet potatoe, they were regular and warm. Ordinarily I’d ask for what I ordered back and hot, but given how long it took to get our dinner I didn’t.
My friend was ‘meh’ about her veggie dish and her fries were not fresh either.
We waited so long for our server to come back to see how we’re doing, and eventually, for the bill, I actually got up to see if I could flag him down in the kitchen. Eventually we left and went to the bar.
I’m rating my first experience 2 stars for service and food and ambiance.
It’d be great to have a better experience in subsequent visits.
Pub owners over here should go to the UK to see what pubs are really like and then try make a more authentic effort. At the very minimum, have smart staff and focus on good traditional pub fare.

Never been super impressed by any of the X and Firkin establishments. This is one of the better ones. The name hopes to draw on crowds attending the Spitfire games in the new stadium near Tecumseh mall. So much so, they have a free shuttle between locations!
Services is great. The Firkin burger at less than $ 13 is nice. Very large place. Lots of booths.